You think about how contemporary disciples live out their faith in the world, both as a corporate body (ecclesiology) and as individuals who act beyond/outside the church (maybe ecclesiology, maybe ethics, maybe missiology).

Does that feel more accurate or equally inaccurate?

Yeah hmmm. I would say maybe contemporary missiology/ecclesiology?

I feel I would need the context of the questioner to be sure

They do! I *greatly* prefer Canadian thanksgiving for timing alone

But back to Kira’s point: an adult cis woman treble sounds different than a cis boy treble and the Anglican choral tradition’s preference for the latter has been expressed in some pretty sexist ways!

Some of our trans members have transitioned their voices, others haven’t, doesn’t matter because we also have a cis male alto and several cis female tenors. Voice parts are voice parts and they don’t need a gender.

The choir I sing in does this. We speak of trebles or sopranos & altos instead of women, TaBBies (tenors, baritones, basses) rather than men. We have a number of trans members, plus cis members who sing a voice part that doesn’t match the “gender.” It’s no big deal unless we make it one.

Say more about that please

Anyway my sister-in-law really wants to know what I want for Christmas and the answer can't be "extremely specifically sized frames for art I've purchased and never hung because the frame sizes are too weird" or "a new TV" or "makeup brushes" which are things I actually want so I'm stuck

It's not for nothing I had the most fun last year giving to local friends I didn't intend to shop for, I just was out shopping for family and saw something I knew they'd love. It gave me a lot of joy in a way the rest of the task didn't. Curious how to replicate.

As for giving to others, it's always fun to see something and go "that's perfect!" for someone I love. But the pressure of having to choose by an upcoming occasion takes that spontaneity out of it and is much less fun.

Everything I want is either:
1) way too boring and utilitarian to go on a Christmas list
2) something I will be picky about and want to choose the color/size/whatever myself or
3) absurdly expensive